I am white, American born and my husband is from China. My family uses Facebook to share updates and pictures. His family uses WeChat, the popular east Asian social media platform, the only one legal to use in China. I want to either be included on WeChat, although I think everything they say would be in Chinese, or I would like him to make himself a Facebook account and invite his parents or at least his mother to join so that she can stay updated. I find it hard to believe that his cousins that are our age and were born here don’t have Facebook accounts or Instagram or something. I want to see their children and just all over be connected. My husband doesn’t want to be involved with social media but he doesn’t seem to understand how important the blending of our two families is to me and how much social media can help with that, especially during this time where travel is so limited. Does anyone have any advice for getting my husband to understand where I am coming from? Or else advice on how to stay connected with a spouse’s family of a different culture especially where there is a language barrier?

*Edit: My husband’s family is for the most part all in the US now. So they have access to anything they are just used to WeChat as a family.